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Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / / Dahlia Schweitzer



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Autore: Schweitzer Dahlia Visualizza persona
Titolo: Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / / Dahlia Schweitzer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 791.43615
Soggetto topico: Epidemics in mass media
Apocalypse in mass media
Mass media - Social aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato: 24
28 days later
Ebola
I am Legend
SARS
World War Z.
X FIles
anxiety
disease
globalism
outbreak
pandemic
plague
survivors
terrorism
viral
virus
walking dead
zombie
Classificazione: SOC057000PER004030SOC052000
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Post apocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow
Titolo autorizzato: Going viral  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8135-9316-6
0-8135-9318-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814037003321
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